The Effect of the Graphic Calculator on Students' Solution Approaches: A Secondary Analysis.

van Streun, Anno; Harskamp, Egbert; Suhre, Cor

Hiroshima Journal of Mathematics Education, v8 p27-39 Mar 2000

Explores how the use of the graphics calculator may lead to changes in students' solution approaches and how these changes affect student achievement. Concludes that only prolonged use of the graphic calculator leads to enrichment of the solution repertoire of students and a better understanding of functions. (Contains 11 references.) (Author/ASK)